Long Island New York-1948: Fisherman Reeling In Line on Boat

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationLong Island, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Fisherman Reeling In Line on Boat — Clip Details

A shirtless man in white shorts and a captain's hat stands on a wooden boat in Long Island, New York, in 1948, reeling in a fishing line with focused effort. The 8mm home movie captures the sun-drenched water and the man's determined posture as he pulls the line. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, with a brief close-up of the fishing line and a small yellow object, possibly a lure or fish, against the dark background. This vintage Super 8 clip evokes mid-century Americana and leisurely summer days on the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124861791

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1072 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: ny, boat
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: long island
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Long Island, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Long Island recreational fishing requests, especially documentary or editorial sequences needing home-movie boat and fishing-line detail.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and small-boat fishing activity support a late-1940s leisure setting, though the sampled frames mainly show water, line, and boat-edge detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged fishing moment from close range, focused on the line and catch rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, thin fishing line, dark film-frame borders, boat-edge trim, a pale rod or rail, and a small yellow object on the line.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, dust specks, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cutaway, or tactile transition within a boating, fishing, summer leisure, or family-memory sequence.
Historical context: The material reflects mid-century recreational fishing on the water as seen through a private home-movie camera, without showing identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: People are flagged elsewhere in the clip, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible in these sampled frames, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1948 Long Island fishing home movie, 8mm boat fishing line close-up, vintage recreational fishing footage, and 1940s summer boating archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island boating material, then broader vintage fishing and summer water-recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing rippled water and a taut fishing line, with visible film borders and dust specks. — A fishing line crosses rippled water in a close-up home-movie frame.

Close 8mm view of a fishing line over Long Island water, with soft focus, grain, and dark frame edges. — The line remains visible against the blue-green surface of the water.

Home-movie close-up of a fishing line near a pale boat-edge or rod detail over dark green water in Long Island footage. — A line hangs near a pale boat or tackle detail above the water.

Close 1948 fishing detail showing a pale rod or rail, small yellow objects, and dark water within an 8mm frame. — A small yellow object appears on or near the fishing tackle at the boat edge.

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